With its vast diversity of land, people,and wildlife, Alaska is the last true American frontier. For the armchairtraveler, those planning and dreaming of a future vacation, or those savoring apast trip of a lifetime, this spectacular volume brings together the majesticsplendor of America’s largest state—591,104 square miles and twice the size ofTexas—as captured by some of the world’s top outdoor photographers.
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Spectacular Alaska celebrates the land—including Mt. McKinley, the highestpoint in North America at 20,320 feet—the animals—including bald eagles,walruses, moose, whales, wolves, and Alaskan brown bear—and also the people.Much of Alaska is still covered in wilderness, and here lie the giants ofAmerica’s national parks: Wrangell-St. Elias, almost six times the size ofYellowstone; Denali National Park, which is the size of Massachusetts and knownas the Serengeti of the North because of its glorious wildlife; and many othernational parks, monuments, and preserves. These parks, as well as the cities,villages, and regions in between are explored in the two hundred photographsand stunning panoramic gatefolds of Spectacular Alaska.
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